Elisha Mathewson

Elisha Mathewson (18 April 1767-14 October 1853) was a US Senator from Rhode Island from 26 October 1807 to 3 March 1811, succeeding James Fenner and preceding Jeremiah B. Howell. He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Elisha Mathewson was born in Scituate, Rhode Island in 1767, and he served as a justice of the peace before being appointed to finish James Fenner's term in the US Senate from 1807 to 1811. He went on to serve in the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1821 and in the State Senate in 1822. He died in 1853.